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International Journal of Public Opinion Research Advance Access originally published online on May 29, 2009
International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2009 21(2):139-164; doi:10.1093/ijpor/edp019
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.

Perceptual Phenomena in the Agenda Setting Process

Inga Huck, Oliver Quiring and Hans-Bernd Brosius

Address correspondence to Inga Huck, Institut fuer Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Oettingenstrasse 67, 80538 Munich, Germany. inga.huck{at}ifkw.lmu.de.

The integration of formerly isolated theoretical concepts is probably one of the most challenging tasks in the development of media effects theory. While agenda setting has already been linked to priming and framing via the concept of second level agenda-setting, this article takes a closer look into perceptual phenomena within the agenda-setting process, thus linking micro-level psychological theories with macro-level theories of political communication. Starting with third-person perceptions, we argue that part of the agenda-setting function of the mass media is to inform recipients what other people believe to be important. Along these lines of thought, a theoretical model of agenda-setting effects is outlined in which perceptual components play an important role in the conceived process of media influence.

Received for publication February 2, 2008. Revision received November 12, 2008. Accepted for publication January 8, 2009.


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